CSM Scrolling
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CSM Scrolling An acceleration technique for the rendering of cascaded shadow maps
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CSM Scrolling. An acceleration technique for the rendering of cascaded shadow maps. CSM Scrolling by: Mike Day [email protected] CSM Caching by: Al Hastings [email protected] Who am I? Mike Acton [email protected]. Quick Background. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CSM ScrollingAn acceleration technique for the rendering of cascaded shadow maps
CSM Scrolling by:Mike Day [email protected]
CSM Caching by:Al Hastings [email protected]
Who am I?Mike Acton [email protected]
Quick Background
From light POV, imagine whole world as single mega shadow texture
On any particular frame, a shadow map represents a 2D
rectangular slice of that volume.
Cascade refers to multiple resolutions of
that slice
Assumptions
Most of the time, the camera does not make radical changes across frames
Most geometry is relatively static across
frames
Geometry which has changed from the previous
frame can be identified
The light direction is relatively stable across
frames
Results of spatial queries can be used in the same
frame as shadow rendering
Geometry is divided into small* instances
Concept
Store “static” geometry from previous frame in cached map
Scroll cached map to account for change in camera view
Render additional “static” geometry into edges exposed by scrolling
Render newly “static” geometry in cached area
Copy map to use as final shadow map for current frame
Render non-static geometry into final shadow map for frame
CSM Caching
Assumption: Camera is not moving (much)
Store “static” geometry from previous frame in cached map
Store “static” geometry from previous frame in cached map
“static” = not moved for t time. (e.g. 5 seconds)
Each frame, render non-static geometry on to cached copy
Cache of previous frame shadow map
Cache of previous frame shadow map
Invalid if…
Cache of previous frame shadow map
Invalid if…• Camera moves• Camera FOV changes
Cache of previous frame shadow map
Invalid if…• Camera moves• Camera FOV changes• “Static” geometry moves
Render newly “static” geometry in cached area
Query for state of “static” geometry
Diff current “static” versus previous “static” query results
Dynamic occlusion system used
Create copy new map cache to use this frame
“Dynamic” geometry rendered to temporary shadow map
CSM Scrolling
Assumption: Camera moves a lot (but slowly*)
Insert in to CSM Caching:1. Scroll map2. Render into exposed
edges
Scroll cached map to account for change in camera view
Sample shadow texels from previous frame
Scrolled area is clamp-to-border (color=1.0)
Observe: Camera motion is 3D
Observe: Camera motion is 3D
• Lateral scrolling• Depth scrolling
Lateral scrollingTranslation perpendicular to light rays
UV translated by delta camera in light frame
Lateral scrollingTranslation perpendicular to light rays
Simple texture lookup(Point sampling)
Depth scrollingTranslation parallel to light rays
Additional handling needed for depth scroll
Depth scrollingTranslation parallel to light rays
Delta camera depth in light frame
Depth scrollingTranslation parallel to light rays
Offset all previous depths (scroll depth)
Depth scrollingTranslation parallel to light rays
Gotchas:• Near plane• Far plane
Depth scrollingTranslation parallel to light rays
Gotchas:• Near plane• Far plane
Clamp to 0.0
Depth scrollingTranslation parallel to light rays
Gotchas:• Near plane• Far plane Problem 1.0 = buffer clear
Depth scrollingTranslation parallel to light rays
Gotchas:• Near plane• Far plane Problem 1.0 = buffer clear
No offset
Render additional “static” geometry into edges exposed by scrolling
Scrolled in area divided into slabs (thin OBBs)
‘Static’ geom with overlapping bounding volume rendered
Observe: Coarseness of geometry relative to view
Lots of overlapping volumes
Very few overlapping volumes
Jagged pattern not relevant: Using square geom tiles
(Aside)
Render newly “static” geometry in cached area
Copy map to use as final shadow map for current frame
CSM Scrolling
Each map (512x512) PS3/360
Another view…
Wrap up
Straightforward addition to CSM Caching
Key: Like 2D bitmap scrolling
Do not render ~70% of ‘static’ geometry in to CSM
Detailed paper:bit.ly/QIoBr9
